CDL 2023 Stage V Major Qualifiers: OpTic, Legion, and Surge win at close of week two

The second week of the online qualifiers for the CDL 2023 Major V is history, and we have OpTic Texas, Las Vegas Legion, and Seattle Surge closed this week with great victories.

There is no doubt that OpTic Texas continues to demonstrate its high level of play and that they are the best-performing team throughout the 2023 season. On the other hand, Las Vegas Legion added their second win of the tournament, while Seattle Surge tries to get out of the table’s ditch with this victory.

On the other side of the coin, Minnesota RØKKR, with their second loss, while Toronto Ultra and Boston Breach fall for the first time in the qualifiers. Also, the teams that took the win and the 10 CDL Points won $10,000 in prize money as they were playing their corresponding Bounty Matches.

Let’s look at what happened on the last day of Week 2 of the online qualifiers for the CDL Major V.

Las Vegas Legion rescue their second win of the tournament against RØKKR

After being down 1-2 in this series, Las Vegas Legion managed to wake up to win the last two games to take a 3-2 victory over the RØKKR. Undoubtedly, we lived through many emotions from start to finish, and the great level of Donovan “Temp” Laroda prevailed.

The series began at Zarqwa Hydroelectric (Hardpoint), where the Las Vegas Legion got a solid 250-180 victory, which gave them the confidence to continue rowing in this complicated series. However, the RØKKR immediately woke up, and with the help of Cameron “Cammy” McKilligan, they got 6-5 victories in El Asilo (Search&Destroy and Control) to put the series in their favor by 1-2.

Finally, Las Vegas Legion managed to shake off those two blows at Embassy (Hardpoint) to take a 250-193 win and even the series 2-2. With the series even, Temp finished the RØKKR in Mercado Las Almas (Search&Destroy) to take the series win and the $10K.

OpTic Texas get revenge against Toronto Ultra

In a rematch of the Major III Grand Final, the OpTic Texas boys got a great rematch against Toronto Ultra and came away with a 3-1 victory. As a result, the team is at the top of the table with a perfect 4-0 record. They are also on their way to completing a second consecutive perfect 5-0 record.

It all started at Mercado Las Almas (Hardpoint), with Toronto Ultra displaying all their potential, as they were ahead on the scoreboard for most of the game. However, OpTic Texas quickly returned from behind and took a 250-221 victory.

Then, in Embassy (Search&Destroy), OpTic continued playing at a great level, and, with the help of Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro, they achieved a very good victory by 6-4 to put Ultra in check. We then moved to Breenbergh Hotel (Control), where Toronto Ultra was able to close the gap in the series after a tight 3-2 victory.

Finally, in another great match at Breenbergh Hotel (Hardpoint), OpTic took a hard-fought and complicated 250-223 victory to add their fourth win of these online qualifiers for the Major V.

Seattle Surge crush Boston Breach for the first win of the tournament

The Seattle Surge made a major upset in this second week of the Major V qualifiers, crushing Boston Breach 3-1. As a result, the Surge climb out of the table ditch by picking up their first win, while Boston remains in third place with a 2-1 record.

All games were evenly matched, and either team could have won. It was the Surge, however, who showed great teamwork to take the victory.

It all started in Zarqwa Hydroelectric (Hardpoint), where the Surge gave the first blow in this series to the Breach with a score of 250-219. While Boston came very close to winning, they ultimately fell short against a Daunte “Bb” Gray, who was at his best. Then, at El Asilo (Search&Destroy), Sib and Makenzie “Mack” Kelley led the Surge to put the series at 2-0 thanks to a close 6-5 win.

On the third map, Breenbergh Hotel (Control), Boston Breach got the first and only win in this series 3-1, thanks to Ben “Beans” McMellon, who had a K/D Ratio of +2.23. Finally, the Surge closed the series with a hard-fought 250-227 win at Al Bagra Fortress (Hardpoint).

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